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These 36 intellectually challenging yet remarkably clear lectures take you on an intellectual journey to explore the questions of divine existence, not from the standpoint of theology, but as an issue of epistemology, the classic branch of philosophy that concerns itself with knowledge theory: how we can know things and how we can know we know them. If you enjoy wrapping your mind around questions for which every potential answer triggers a new set...
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In this 1906 volume, Høffding divides his inquiry into what he terms "the problem of religion" into three broad categories: epistemological, psychological, and ethical. He addresses himself not to those are already convinced by a particular religion (or by religion in general) but rather to those who remain seekers.
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What is the future of Continental philosophy of religion? These forward-looking essays address the new thinkers and movements that have gained prominence since the generation of Derrida, Deleuze, Foucault, and Levinas and how they will reshape Continental philosophy of religion in the years to come. They look at the ways concepts such as liberation, sovereignty, and post-colonialism have engaged this new generation with political theology and the...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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In this 1890 volume, the author guides readers through Hegel's philosophy of religion, rendering Hegel's ideas understandable to the average reader while adding in his own theories. After explaining Hegelianism and its different schools, Sterrett considers the nature of religion, its classes and study, and Christianity. Contains a chapter on Christian unity in America.
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Providing an original and systematic treatment of foundational issues in philosophy of religion, J. L. Schellenberg's new book addresses the structure of religious and irreligious belief, the varieties of religious skepticism, and the nature of religion itself. From the author's searching analysis of faith emerges a novel understanding of propositional faith as requiring the absence of belief. Schellenberg asks what the aims of the field should be,...
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Through the ages, mankind has pursued questions of faith in something beyond the world of ordinary experience. Is there a God? How can we explain the presence of evil? Do humans, or human souls, live on after death? Is there a hell? The following lectures examine these eternal questions and present the most compelling arguments for and against God's existence, the seeming conflicts between religion and science, and the different truth-claims of the...
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Provides a new orientation to philosophy of religion and a new theory of how religion ought to be defined.
In this collection of essays, written over the past decade, Robert Cummings Neville addresses contemporary debates about the concept of religion and the importance of the comparative method in theology, while advancing and defending his own original definition of religion. Neville's hypothesis is that religion is a cognitive, existential,...
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What is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the psychology/sociology of religious belief on the other? What does it mean to describe God as 'eternal'? And should religious people want there to be good arguments for the existence of God, or is religious belief only authentic in the absence of these good arguments? In this 'Very Short Introduction' Tim Bayne introduces the field of philosophy of religion,...
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The Nobel Peace Prize–winning doctor, theologian, and missionary explores the essence of faith in this masterful early work on Kantian metaphysics. Famous for his medical missionary work in what is now the West African country of Gabon, Albert Schweitzer was an accomplished theologian, philosopher, and international bestselling author. While studying for his PhD at the Sorbonne, Schweitzer developed his views on theology through an analysis of Immanuel...
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Explores the place and meaning of philosophy of religion in our current poststructuralist, postsecular, postcolonialist context.
This collection addresses, as it exemplifies, an identity crisis in contemporary philosophy of religion. It represents a unique two-way dialogue between philosophers of religion and scholars of religion and broaches issues pertaining to the philosophy of religion and the philosophical tradition, on the one hand, and religious...
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As one considers religion philosophically, one can imagine the "house" in which one lives, within which one recognizes familiar features, and across the street from which one sees, and may even visit, houses where others live. Philosophy includes critical evaluation of fundamental views, love of wisdom, and reflection on method in an area of study. It may be used within theology, or as rival to theology, or as common ground with theology.
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The last segment of the series addresses hope. Hope is not knowledge. Applied to Catholicism, hope for sustainability faces the future of the physical cosmos and the embodied future of each of us. It seeks understanding beyond the superficial. It looks for bodily resurrection, beyond what we take as historical. It considers final conditions, being joined to God with God's people.
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The miraculous includes what has power, is infrequent, provides benefit, is a sign, and has a relationship to nature. In this segment, consider the different definitions of miracles offered by Catholic teaching and the philosopher David Hume. Violations of the laws of nature? Extraordinary events? Signs of the supernatural? The jury hasn't come back yet.
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Tragedy plays a central role in Hegel's early writings on theology and politics. Hegel's overarching aim in these texts is to determine the kind of mythology that would best complement religious and political freedom in modernity. Peter Wake claims that, for Hegel at this early stage, ancient Greek tragedy provided the model for such a mythology and suggested a way to oppose the rigid hierarchies and authoritarianism that characterized Europe of his...
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Most "-isms" are definied in opposition to each other. For instance, atheism is defined in contradistinction to theisms; postmodernity is definied in contradistinction to modernity. As a result, some -isms exclude certain understandings while others are compatible with certain other understandings. Which are compatible with Catholic Christianity?
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The idea of God could be summarized as the good qualities of humanity. Or the idea could be constructed as a socially useful idea. Or the idea of God could come from God. Ways of thinking about God include: one, eternal, infinite, independent, creator, knowing, powerful, loving, trustworthy, personal; and triune and savior.
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An experience is a happening I am conscious of. William James suggests that religious experiences are ineffable, noetic, transient, and passive. The worth of experiences has to do with how they are understood, and understanding often has to do with explanation. How can one recognize the significance or genuineness of a religious experience?
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Through philosophy and religion, humanity seeks answers to its greatest questions. Now, you are invited to explore philosophy and religion with Fr. Joseph J. Godfrey. In the second century, the theologian Tertullian asked, "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" As you will see, the history and methods of philosophy are deeply intertwined with those of religion. Learning about the philosophy of religion will help you understand your own Christian...
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